Ken Hasse called the meeting to order at 9:05 AM and reminded attendees to sign the attendance sheet.

Announcements:

• A large blue bowl left at the Hot Dog Social is looking for its owner.
   
• There will be no meeting in December. The next meeting will be January 12, 2008.
   
• An email will be sent reminding people of the Gathering of the Councils to be held the 4th Wednesday in January. All the Fire Safe Councils in El Dorado County will be represented. (Vicki Yorty)

General Discussions:

• Hot Dog Social Review
  About 110 were in attendance. 21 new email addresses were obtained. Suggestions for next year included having it in September or in the spring and have food hours from 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. $220 in donations was received along with gift certificates for door prizes from local merchants. SaveMart donated cider and cookies.
   
• Where do we go next year?
  The Logtown Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) addressed, among other things, the Mica evacuation route which needs vegetation removal. This will be discussed with CalFire.
   
  Phone trees are still being worked on and structure protection data sheets are still being gathered.
   
  Training by the County Fire Safe Council for defensible space inspectors will start again.
   
  The Forest Service compiled a report on the details of defensible space of homes that were saved in the recent Angora Fire at South Lake Tahoe. (Vicki Yorty)
   
• Hydrant Checks - Rich Englefield
  Flow checks of the hydrants are being done at the rate of 12-16 a day. The Diamond Springs/El Dorado Fire Department will provide traffic control on Crystal Boulevard as it is not safe to do the work with so much traffic on the road. There may be some mud in the water lines after the flow checks are done. This is a temporary condition.
   
  EID (El Dorado Irrigation District) Director George Osborn and Rich Englefield have talked about the need for repair of hydrants in our area. A suggestion was made to create an adopt a hydrant program. It was suggested that neighbors keep the brush cleared from around nearby hydrants.
   
• EDCFSC (El Dorado County Fire Safe Council) Update – Vicki Yorty
  Funds will be allocated under Title3 for several grants including those for defensible space projects. The funds will be available in February 2008.
   
  Many additional fire safe council are being formed.
   
  A suggestion was made that a plan be formalized for submission of info for the EDCFSC web site so that the information can be kept current. There is a link on the site to the Logtown Fire Safe Council which includes the Logtown FSC Evacuation and Preparedness Plan, a map, Board agendas, minutes and bylaws. www.edcfiresafe.org
   
• Neighborhood Coordinator Update (Ken Hasse)
   

  Green (Quartz, Stope)	Pat Dwyer stated plans to have a May cleanup the first week of the month. A chipper and green waster dumpster would be made available. There will be a test of the phone tree next spring.
  Red (Central Crystal)	Rich Englefield reported that in Grizzly Flat a once a year cleanup program is held from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM. It was funded this year by the Waste Management Company.

  
   

  Adjourn: The meeting was adjourned at 9:58 AM. The next meeting will be January 12, 2008.